Indicators
Saturday Pre-Field
Seminar Training on
February 8th
All participants must
complete
Common Sense by
Thomas Paine
America’s Founding Fathers and Founding Principles:
Grading Rubric
Excellent
Good-Fair
10
7
Poor
4
- Participant attended the entire pre-field
seminar Saturday session. (4 pts)
- Participant actively participated in the prefield seminar session (4 pts)
- Participant posted at least four entries in their
reflective journal, indicating content or
pedagogy learned. (2 pts)
- Participant attended the majority of the prefield seminar Saturday session. (3 pts)
- Participant somewhat participated in the prefield seminar session (3 pts)
- Participant posted at least one entry in their
reflective journal, indicating content or
pedagogy learned. (1 pts)
- Participant attended some of the prefield seminar Saturday session. (2 pts)
- Participant participated in some of the
pre-field seminar session (2 pts)
- Participant did not use their reflective
journal for taking notes. (0 pts)
-Participants read all of Common Sense.
-Participants created a flip book with all 14 of
the pages completed.
Participants read all of Common Sense.
-Participants created a flip book with 8-12 of the
sections completed.
-Participants read part of Common Sense.
-Participants created a flip book with less
than 8 pages completed.
- Participant completed comprehensive textual
notes, including in-depth information from
the texts, utilizing the “Founding Fathers,
Founding Principles” table and reading guide.
(5 pts)
- Textual notes were neat, followed
conventions, included page numbers, and
answered the questions at hand (2 pts)
- Prior to the Post field seminar, participant
completed the entire text. (3 pts)
- Participant completed textual notes, including
in-depth information from the texts, utilizing
the “Founding Fathers, Founding Principles”
table and reading guide. : (4 pts)
- Textual notes were generally neat, followed
most conventions, sometimes included page
numbers, and generally answered the
questions at hand (1 pts)
- Prior to the field seminar participant completed
the majority of the text. (2 pts)
- Participant read the text and completed
some textual notes, (4 pts)
- Participant completed comprehensive textual
notes, including in-depth information from
the texts, utilizing the “Founding Fathers,
Founding Principles” table and reading guide.
(5 pts)
- Textual notes were neat, followed
conventions, included page numbers, and
answered the questions at hand (2 pts)
- Prior to the Post field seminar, participant
completed the entire text. (3 pts)
- Participant completed textual notes, including
in-depth information from the texts, utilizing
the “Founding Fathers, Founding Principles”
table and reading guide. : (4 pts)
- Textual notes were generally neat, followed
most conventions, sometimes included page
numbers, and generally answered the
questions at hand (1 pts)
- Prior to the field seminar participant completed
the majority of the text. (2 pts)
- Participant read the text and completed
some textual notes, (4 pts)
All participants must
complete
Revolutionary Character
by Gordon Wood
All participants must
complete
Completed before the
field seminar.
Founding Faith by
Steven Waldman
Cornell Notes
All participants must
complete
Completed before the
field seminar.
Historical Fiction
Five Voices Five
Perspectives
All participants must
complete
Completed before the
field seminar.
Short Research Paper
All participants must
complete
Presented during the
field seminar.
Daily Reflective Journal
All participants must
complete
Completed during the
field seminar
Lesson Plan
All participants must
complete
Completed and
submitted by July 25,
2014
Saturday Post-Field
Seminar Training on
August 2nd.
All participants must
complete
- Participant read their entire chosen novel. (3
pts)
- Participants completed ALL reading chunks
and summaries (2 pts)
- Participants completed the Historical
Character questions. (2 pts)
- During the field seminar, participant worked
with their peers to complete the entire five
perspectives similarities/differences sheet. (3
pts)
-Participant wrote a one-page, one-sided
research paper based on the books provided.
(4 pts)
-Participant included works cited at the end.
(1 pt)
-Participant included both primary and
secondary sources in the paper. (2 pts)
-Participant presented the paper to the group
orally on the bus. ( 2pts)
-Participant provided a copy for each person in
the group. (1 pt)
- While on the seminar the participant
completed daily reflective journals. (5 pts)
- Daily journal entries identified a variety of
new content knowledge, and a number of
Level II* understandings. (3 pts)
- Daily journal entries identified a variety of
strategies and procedures that could be
utilized to teach the content. (2 pts)
-Participant wrote lesson plan incorporating 5
pieces of new information gained on field
study. (5 pts)
-participant included at least three good
instructional strategies. (3 pts)
-Participant’s lesson plan is based on the USOE
core at their grade level (2 pts)
- Participant read most of their chosen novel. (2
pts)
- Participants completed Most reading chunks
and summaries (1 pts)
- Participants Most of the Historical Character
questions. (1 pts)
- During the field seminar, participant worked
with their peers to complete the entire five
perspectives similarities/differences sheet. (3
pts)
-Participant wrote a one-page, one-sided research
paper based on the books provided. (2 pts)
-Participant included both primary and secondary
sources in the paper. (2 pts)
-Participant presented the paper to the group
orally on the bus. (2 pts)
-Participant provided a copy for each person in
the group. (1 pt)
- Participant read the text and completed
some textual notes, including the
similarities and differences sheet, (4 pts)
- While on the seminar the participant completed
at least five daily reflective journals. (4 pts)
- Daily journal entries identified some new
content knowledge (2 pts)
- Daily journal entries identified some strategies
and procedures that could be utilized to teach
the content. (1 pt)
- While on the seminar the participant
completed less than five daily reflective
journals. (4 pts)
- Daily journal entries identified very little
new content knowledge, or pedagogical
strategies. (0 pts)
Participant wrote lesson plan incorporating 3
piece of new information gained on field study.
(3 pts)
-participant included at least two good
instructional strategies. (2 pts)
-Participant’s lesson plan is based on the USOE
core at their grade level (2 pt)
- Any standard less than 7 is
unacceptable.
- Participant attended the entire pre-field
seminar Saturday session. (4 pts)
- Participant actively participated in the prefield seminar session (4 pts)
- Participant posted at least four entries in their
reflective journal, indicating content or
pedagogy learned. (2 pts)
- Participant attended the majority of the prefield seminar Saturday session. (3 pts)
- Participant somewhat participated in the prefield seminar session (3 pts)
- Participant posted at least one entry in their
reflective journal, indicating content or
pedagogy learned. (1 pt)
- Participant attended some of the prefield seminar Saturday session. (2 pts)
- Participant participated in some of the
pre-field seminar session (2 pts)
- Participant did not use their reflective
journal for taking notes. (0 pts)
-Participant wrote a one-page, one-sided
research paper based on the books
provided. (2 pts)
-Participant presented the paper to the
group orally on the bus. (2 pts)
Miracle at Philadelphia
by Catherine Bowman
- Participant read the entire text and completed
some textual notes (10 pts)
- Participant read the majority of the text (7 pts)
- Participant read some of the text (4 pts)
All participants must
complete
Completed before the
field seminar.
1776 by David
McCullough
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All participants must
complete
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Completed before the
field seminar.
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Participant read the entire text (2 pts)
Participant wrote a synopsis of their chosen
chapters, including who, what, where and
why the events happened (2 pts)
Participant created a graphic representation of
their assigned chapter including their brief
(10-15 word) summary. (3 pts)
During the seminar participant shared their
summary and graphic representation with
their peers. They were able to succinctly
answer questions about their assigned portion
of the text. (3 pts)
Participant wrote a synopsis of their chosen
chapters, including who, what, where and why
the events happened (2 pts)
Participant created a graphic representation of
their assigned chapter including their brief (1015 word) summary. (3 pts)
During the seminar participant shared their
summary and graphic representation with their
peers. They were able to succinctly answer
questions about their assigned portion of the
text. (3 pts)
Grade Breakdown
110-97=
96-88=
87-77=
76-66=
65- Below=
A
B
C
D
F
During the seminar participant shared a
summary and hastily created graphic
representation with their peers. They
were able to y answer questions about
their assigned portion of the text. (4 pts)